<aside> 🎨 I’m Jessica!
Public Librarian and Certified Yoga and Mat Pilates Teacher.
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<aside> 🤸🏻♀️ My Teaching Values
💚 Yoga and Pilates are for every body
💜 There’s always a modification
💛 Accomplishments are internally driven, not externally achieved
🖤 Transformation is happening all the time
💙 Shame is a distraction, not a motivation
🤍 Presence is power
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I give my students a safe space to explore their practice in an inspiring and personal way.
I am committed to helping students develop their practice through the lens of curiosity, play, and good humour.
With over a decade of my own personal yoga practice, I have focused on Yin, Hatha, and Vinyasa styles. That said, I’m less concerned about “style” in my classes (my current expertise is on Hatha and Vinyasa) than I am about the ability to build a relationship with my practice.
I help students create a compassionate and accessible relationship to their body, mind, and spirit.
Yoga Instructor - Durham Fitness Centre
September 2024 - Present
At the DFC, a non-profit fitness centre in Southern Ontario, I teach weekly open-level yoga classes for members and visitors of the centre, aged 14 and up.
In this 60-minute class, I focus on hatha flows, and offer weekly themes tied to the seasons, lunar phases, and cosmic weather. Each week I encourage my students to connect with their breath, visualize their intentions, and carry our practice with them throughout the week.
Yoga Instructor - Private Yoga Classes
January 2025 - Present
Working with clients one-on-one, I provide tailored hatha yoga flows to help keep students accountable in their practice, and reconnect with their body.
Yoga Instructor - Yoga Barn
March 2025 - Present
At the Yoga Barn, a boutique studio in Hanover, ON, I provide substitutions for weekly classes — including covering the long-standing Sunday Morning Gentle Yoga.
We’re truly spoiled with heat tech, props, accessories, scents, and sounds in this beautiful studio. Come and reset from your week, set intentions for the day, and reconnect with your body while slowing down your mind at this stunning lakeside venue!
Yoga Instructor - New Heights Fitness
May 2025 - Present